Laugh often and Love lots

Well.... It has been a GREAT week! I have been thinking alot about Mark and I being up here and how blessed we are to have this opportunity! I realized that you have to LAUGH often, be positive and LOVE every experience to have success.

Mark and I have had the best week of sales this week and it seemed like we LAUGHED more this week than ever! Finally, I am able to shrug off the people we encounter while knocking doors:) The other week, I was knocking with Chase and he said: While on my mission, my companion and I played a game while knocking. He said that it helped him overcome feeling down while knocking. Its a challenge: who can overcome more objections and stay on the door the longest. It is hilarious to see what you can come up with to annoy someone. There was one door that the guy literally slammed the door so hard i thought it broke off its hinges! Chase walks off the doorstep and says, "That was 5! I win." 

I have come to LOVE where we are at in our life!

Karli, Indra and I had fun on Saturday with the boys! Ruth's plane left Saturday afternoon.. we were sad that she had to leave so soon. We went to Outback Steakhouse for dinner and then drove to Jack Hyde Park to watch the sunset and lay on blankets to watch the stars! This is what I LOVE most about Washington! It is just gorgeous here... Mark and I layed on a blanket, and watched the sunset all in front of the Ocean. We LAUGHED all night- It felt like we were dating again:) 

You have to laugh at this picture of the boys having some bonding time:) Who knows what they were talking about...

There are so many things that I have learned up here that I will take with me. One is that -The more you prepare the less fear you will have. It is with everything that you do.. if you are competing in a sport, knocking doors for work, or just life in general. The Lord asks us to have a food storage to prepare for tragedies, this way we won't have as much fear in a tragic event. Today in Church the speaker said two things that caught my attention. She said, "The Lord doesn't ask us to prepare EVERYTHING, but he does ask us to prepare every NEEDFUL thing." Sometimes I get caught up in my to do lists and stress myself out about getting everything done... She said, "You need to put your list into 3 categories 1.essentials 2. necessities 3. nice to do's!" This way the Gospel is brought more into your home and blessings will follow leaving a happy home. I hope that this week continues to bring blessings and that it beats last week!!